An eye-tectum preparation allowing routine whole-cell recordings of neuronal responses to visual stimuli in frog

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-28

  Svirskis, Gytis ^a,b   Svirskiene, Nataša ^a   Gutmaniene, Nijole ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Compound synaptic currents; Eye tectum preparation; Visual stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXCITATION; EYE; EYE TECTUM PREPARATION; FROG; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPSE; TECTUM; VISUAL STIMULATION; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DISSECTION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EYE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANA TEMPORARIA; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67349135705     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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